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What is great about this post is that it is not clear without context whether franchise means “media property” or “right to vote” because both make sense
I hate that the franchise has fallen into the hands of people who are so evidently bored by the idea of an aspirational future that the only thing they can think to do to make it interesting for themselves is burn it down so it can be made aspirational again. Utter failure of imagination.
January 18, 2026 at 10:27 PM
What is great about this post is that it is not clear without context whether franchise means “media property” or “right to vote” because both make sense
As someone who went to an (ostensibly) Quaker high school, this is definitely true. Our soccer team had an "unofficial" chant that went "Fight fight, inner-light, kill, Quakers kill!"
It was heavily frowned upon, but that didn't stop it from popping up, especially against military prep schools.
January 18, 2026 at 6:14 PM
As someone who went to an (ostensibly) Quaker high school, this is definitely true. Our soccer team had an "unofficial" chant that went "Fight fight, inner-light, kill, Quakers kill!"
It was heavily frowned upon, but that didn't stop it from popping up, especially against military prep schools.
The mental fortitude the Houston defense plays with is so impressive man. Offense keeps puking all over itself and they keep showing up and making plays.
January 18, 2026 at 9:41 PM
The mental fortitude the Houston defense plays with is so impressive man. Offense keeps puking all over itself and they keep showing up and making plays.